Life With Ladybug

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s faint-hearted mama I hate scary movies. I don’t like filling my mind with images I inevitably recall at inopportune moments –like when I’m walking out to my car in a dark […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s guilt-ridden mama I know I’m not the only mom who is way too often gripped with fear that she’s really gone and screwed up her kid. Well, I just started the […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mom Ladybug lost a tooth at school the other day (#7) so she received one of those cool little plastic tooth-shaped containers to put it in for safe-keeping. This excitement apparently […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama It was almost time for the 10 o’clock news — way too late for the loud VROOM of the vacuum cleaner. But the living room floor had been speaking to […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama So, apparently I wrote a lot of Life with Ladybug posts about searching for a new SUV. A lot. But this is the post that’s going to change all that! […]

By Shannon Magsam, neurotic new car owner I remember it like it was yesterday: we awkwardly – and delicately — clicked the car seat into the base and I gingerly climbed into the backseat with […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama Sorry I haven’t updated on my new vehicle search. I think I’ve narrowed it down to a Toyota RAV4. The plan is to go this week to make the deal. […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama We were driving home after a last-minute run to the pizza parlor when I saw it. “I like that one!” I yelled. Suddenly, my husband took a sharp right into […]